In the UK the Stop the War Coalition has organised massive demonstrations against the wars in the Middle East, in conjunction with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Muslim Association of Britain. We campaign to end the Occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and to Stop the War on the Iraqi and Afghan people.Stop The War also supports the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign for Peace and Justice for the Palestinian people,and an end to the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

WE WANT THE TROOPS OUT NOW !

Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed the death of another British soldier injured in Afghanistan bringing the British death toll in Afghanistan to 393.

Earlier this week, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans for a scheduled Afghan withdrawal with 500 troops planned to be pulled out in 2012 and more in 2013.Nevertheless, Cameron did not give an exact timescale for the British troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan while claiming that all soldiers should be out by 2014.The US-led Afghan war began in 2001. While there is no official figure revealing the number of civilian deaths, different reports tried to estimate the civilian death toll over different spans of time.A United Nations (UN) report revealed that nearly 3,000 civilians were killed in 2010. Furthermore, another UN report showed that only the first half of 2011, “1,462 non-combatants died.”

The Chesterfield Group organise coaches to join the National Demonstrations...

Come on the demonstrations and see just how many other people are opposed to this unjust war. The demo's organised by the Stop the War Coalition are ALWAYS extremely well organised and a great opportunity to meet others (and there are THOUSANDS of us!) from all walks of life united against war. The demonstrations receive very little coverage in the media and need to be experienced to fully appreciate the strength of feeling in this country AGAINST the Wars in Iraq /Afghanistan.

PETITIONS:

Sign the 'GET THE TROOPS OUT' petition and encourage your family, friends to sign it too. Take a petition to your workplace, school, organisation /church and collect signatures.

Sign 'e-petitions' on the Downing Street website at Number10.gov.uk or follow the link on the National Stop The War website (see further info. below)